“The
difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those
who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make
yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of
obstacles, that you've got something worth saying.”
– Jennifer Weiner
Born in 1970, Weiner jump-started
her writing career by developing a column called Generation XIII, i.e., Generation X – the
generation to which she belongs – at a small Pennsylvania newspaper. After a stint at the Lexington, KY, Herald-Leader she moved over to the Philadelphia Inquirer where she
continued to write her columns, did feature stories, and freelanced for such
notable magazines as Mademoiselle and Seventeen.
After earning awards for her
newspaper work, she started writing novels in the 2000s and has had great
success, including the terrific In Her Shoes (also made into a feature film). To date, she
has authored 9 bestselling books – 8 novels and a collection of short stories –
with a reported 11 million copies in print in 36 countries.
In addition to writing fiction, Weiner
is known for "live-tweeting" episodes of the reality dating shows The
Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
“I don't write literary fiction,” she said. “I write books that are entertaining, but are
also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say
about men and women and families and children and life in America today.”
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